The iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" have hit the auction block nearly 20 years after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum.. Online proxy bidding for “The ...

A pair of ruby slippers once worn by actress Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” sit on display at a news conference on Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. AP.

The iconic ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" have hit the auction block nearly 20 years after they were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum.. Online proxy bidding for “The ...

FILE - Sequin-covered ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" appear at the offices of Profiles in History in Calabasas, Calif. on Nov. 9, 2001.

Judy Garland Museum starts campaign to buy back iconic ruby slippers 04:20. A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" are on the auction block nearly two decades after a ...

"Wish us luck," said Janie Heitz. ... Online bidding for the ruby slippers has already topped $1.5 million. If you add fees, the real price to secure the shoes would near $2 million.

FILE - Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz," are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File) ...

A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the classic 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz' is being offered for auction, ... but there are 4 things I wish we'd known before getting on the ship.

Including the Dallas-based auction house's fee, the unknown buyer will ultimately pay $32.5 million for the pair of iconic ruby slippers that were stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago.

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz,” are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen, File ...

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the "The Wizard of Oz," are displayed at a news conference, Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Credit: AP/Jeff Baenen.